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''[[A Hero of Our Time]]'' (Russian: "Герой нашего времени") is a classical Russian novel by [[Russian Reading|Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov]], written and revised between 1839 and 1841.
 
The plot concerns a certain Grigory Pechorin, a [[Idle Rich|Russian aristocrat]], a [[An Officer and a Gentleman|military officer]], and a [[Byronic Hero]], and follows his adventures during his stay (implied to be involuntary) in the Caucasus Region. The novel consists of five parts (plus [[Framing Device]]):
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Lermontov also published a short essay ''The Caucasian'' (1840; as in "someone from Caucasus", not "pale-faced"), wherein he more or less describes Maxim Maximich's [[Backstory]] (without any names). Additionally, ''AHoOT'' can be seen as a sequel to his unfinished novel ''Princess Ligovskaya'' (1838), which also features Grigory Pechorin (who may or [[In Name Only|may not]] be the same character) and is set in [[St Petersburg]].
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=== Tropes found in the novel include: ===
 
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* [[Author Avatar]]: Some interpret Pechorin as this.
* [[The Berserker]]: Pechorin has traces of this.
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